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~KY Jelly under car door handle
~Golf Balls in the Grill
~Newspaper covered windshield
~Zip tied steering wheel to door
~ 3 foot dinosaur on a porch multiple times
~Zip tied trash can to the fence
~Rubber banded sink sprayer
~Trash bags thrown over fences at midnight
~Golf balls in truck beds
~Golf balls on windshields
~Golf balls in planters
~Scarecrows in front windows
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If you guessed practical jokes then you guessed correctly. But all these practical jokes have happened on our street over the past few months. My husband is normally the instigator and often the perpetrator as well. But when he pulls something we are always expecting someone to "get us back". Thankfully, the neighbors have not figured out what I'm afraid of or How to catch me off guard. So, I'll just let em keep getting Zeus. It is always fun to see what happened overnight. What a fun way to show your love and care for someone. It just lets you know you are thought of and remembered!
What a fun neighborhood to live in! Today is a beautiful day to live in Bay Ridge Housing.
Haskins House
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Its a beautiful day in the Neighborhood
What do all these have in common?
Sweet writings of HaskinsHouse at 10:17 AM 0 comments
Monday, September 20, 2010
Ok, so today has really got me flustered with people, in general.
What in the world makes one think it is ok to just shoot someone?
I mean really. Did we lose the critical thinking in our education along the way?
Did we become so self absorbed that it doesn't matter what the consequences are for us or anyone else?
Come on Now!!!!! I am completely infuriated with those out there that think that is their right. Have they lost their minds? What is going on with Americans today? Did we lose an entire generation when "spankings" were banned and duel working parents became the norm? I'm not really sure what the real answer is here but I am sure tired of knowing that in the past year there has been 2 military base shootings with multiple injuries and deaths, dozens of workplace shootings and too many school gun run-ins. I am sure open for ideas here.
We as parents have got to start teaching our children how to deal with anger. We need to help them understand we are not always going to win and when we lose it is ok to hurt someone else. Teaching our children patience is a good first step. Humility is another thing we need. Heck why stop there, teach those babies that there are more important things in life than winning. They need to learn to love each other and help each other. Parents, to me is a good starting point. From there I am not sure what to do.
But I know I feel like those people that feel like owning a gun is a God given right, better think of the consequences. Make sure you lock that sucker up so that it is only used for your self DEFENSIVE. I am beginning to wonder if we have lost the real meaning of self-defense, in the first place. SO WHAT, you own a gun or bought a gun, that does not make you any more special than the person next to you. UGGGGGGG, I am beyond frustrated and can not believe that the Fort Bliss shooting today was on the back burner and hardly anyone I talked to had heard about it. But we all knew Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton were due in court.
Pray for America. Pray for our troops who are required to use the gun in battle. Pray for those lost along the way that patience and tolerance will get them before it is too late. Pray that more and more parents will make an impression in their children's minds to talk things out without physical violence. Pray for those family members of all those innocent lives lost. Pray for the soldiers of Fort Hood and Fort Bliss. Pray that America will stand together and help each other through life.
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Labels: Fort Bliss, Fort Hood, guns, parenting, violence
Friday, September 17, 2010
Its nice to help
Lately things have been a little Chaotic at the Haskins House. Well, really when is it not hectic.
1. Zeus going through Technical School in which he is the first class and is dealing with misinformation, flaws and many setbacks and ridiculously confusing schedule
2. Twinkle in 2 college courses which are kicking her butt, Writing course and a Thinking course, can we say yuck. The homework here is absurd.
3. All three big kids in school with loads of homework daily.
4. Ziggy in school half a day requiring Twinkle to keep a tight schedule.
5. Stressing about and trying to make sure we turn in our "dream sheet" so that we set our selves up for a good move in less than 90 days.
6. Trying to maintain relationships while being hundreds and sometimes 1000's of miles away is unbelievably hard
7. Potty training new Puddin pup is not the funnest new job of our lives
8. Stressing over housework and meal planning and trying to get us healthy while quick at the same time
9. Health issue that does not want to go away and struggling to keep appts
10...... We have decided to put ourselves out there yet again and step up and help a very needy family while they go through a terribly traumatic situation. We have done this before and been burned ever so badly. This time we are taking a different approach. We have a sweet, beautiful 5th grade girl staying with us until her family gets to a place where she can return home. We love it. I think she loves it. I know my kids love it. But it can be a little scary making sure we make the right decisions for her and us and that me make her feel as if she was one of the kids. I think we have done that but it is tough to say. Anyways, she is wonderful to have around and I could not have asked for a better person to come stay with us. It will be hard to let her go.
So in the end we are thankful that God has put us in her life and hers in ours. We are grateful to help and honestly Zeus and I love to help others as best we know how, however minor they might be.So this was just second nature and did not require a second thought. This is what makes us a military community. Helping others is something we hope others would and will do in the future.
Another day, another night here in the Haskins House.
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With the world economy still reeling from a deep recession and the world awash in crude, oil-producing countries have convened in Mexico to map out a strategy for keeping prices from rising higher.
The worry is that further increases could snuff out an already fragile global economic recovery. But oil producers may face an even bigger problem: The recent rise in prices seems be driven by Wall Street investors — not market supply and demand.
Though prices crashed from their peak of $140 a barrel before the recession began in Dec., 2007, they have since recovered substantially. Last year, the price of crude crashed to $33 a barrel before a relentless recovery to about $80 by year-end. Prices at the pump have been following the same upward path — from $1.84 in Jan 2009 to $2.67 by year end.
The upward trend has continued, and oil watchers at Wall Street banks are betting oil will eventually trade above $90 a barrel this year.
Part of the reason, this thinking goes, is that as the global economy recovers, so will demand for oil and gasoline.
"Overall, U.S. oil demand is definitely improving, laying the foundations for a broad-based recovery ... notwithstanding the weakness in Europe," Barclays Capital said in a recent report. "We continue to see oil prices consolidating in its current $75 to $85 range and on course to gradually move higher to $80 to $90."
But wait a minute. If the global economy is using less oil, and supplies are more than adequate, why are oil prices at $80 a barrel in the first place?
The answer, according to oil analyst Peter Beutel at Cameron Hanover, is that investors are driving the price of oil — not the people who use it.
"The sovereign wealth funds, college foundations, union pension plans — all this big vested money has been sold on the idea that 'you're investment portfolio is not complete without 10 percent in commodities,' " Beutel said.
That's not what was supposed to happen when gasoline prices surged and drivers cut back on trips to the pump by traveling fewer miles or upgrading to more fuel-efficient vehicles.
Those conservation efforts — along with a big drop in economic activity — have had the desired effect of driving down gasoline consumption. After peaking at nearly 9.8 million barrels a day in August 2007, demand for gasoline has fallen steadily to a low of 8.5 million barrels day in Feb 2010 – a drop of 13 percent. But in the past 12 months, prices are up more than 50 percent. During that period, oil prices have more than doubled.
"People are using oil as a store of value rather than as a commodity," said Beutel. "It's the investors who are buying."
Wall Street has been urging investors to snap up oil for several reasons. The huge flood of money into the financial system since the Sept. 2008 meltdown has sparked fears that inflation — though currently tame — may be ignited by too much money chasing too few goods. Worries about rising U.S. borrowing have some investors worried about the long-term value of the dollar; oil is seen as a hedge against future dollar losses.
All of which has turned oil into a hot financial instrument — even as demand for industrial uses remains tame, says Beutel.
"At this particular moment, decisions made by Ben Bernanke on interest rates seem to have more of an influence on the price of oil than decisions by made Saudi oil minister Ali al-Naimi – which is a very peculiar situation," he said.
That peculiar situation is one of the issues OPEC officials are wrestling with this week at a meeting in Mexico as they try to figure out what to do if oil prices keep moving higher. Much of the discussion focused on how high to let oil price go before increasing production to try to dampen the ongoing rise.
"Prices above $85 for a sustained period of time could well be harmful," one OPEC delegate told Reuters. "We have to be aware that the economic recovery is still fragile."
But there are signs the cartel's 11 oil producers have already begun increasing supply, which was up by 200,000 barrels per day in March. Compliance with supply curbs agreed to in December 2008 has fallen to about 50 percent, according to a Reuters survey.
There's no shortage of oil inventories, which are above their five-year average and have been rising steadily in the past three months. Gasoline stocks are also well above their five-year average for this time of year.
But that hasn't helped at the pump. Beutel estimates that, after oil prices crashed last year, American consumers saved some $117 billion at the pump compared to what they spent in 2008. But with prices rising again, American drivers paid $20.2 billion more to fill up in the January and February than they did in the in the first two months of 2009. At that rate, consumers will take a $100 billion hit in 2010 just from higher gas prices.
"Higher oil prices — even oil prices at existing levels — represent a tax on the American consumer at absolutely the worst possible time when we're trying to fight our way out of a recession," said Beutel.
Higher oil prices typically encourage oil producers to bring more supply to market, and that appears to be happening. OPEC Secretary General Abdalla Salem El Badri said this week that the cartel will bring an estimated $45 billion worth of drilling projects back on line which had been shelved after oil prices fell.
But, as long as investor demand remains strong, that extra supply may do little to dampen prices.
"We would still be producing plenty of oil at $50 and give consumers a reasonable relief that would allow this economy to grow much more substantially and put us on a much firmer footing," said Beutel.


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NAPLES, Fla. (AP) U.S. Ryder Cup captain Davis Love III and Brandt Snedeker shot a 10-under 62 on Friday in modified alternate-shot play to take the first-round lead in the Franklin Templeton Shootout.
Love and Snedeker made 10 birdies for the lowest score in the modified alternate-shot format in the 24-year-old tournament's 12 years in Naples. They tied the third-lowest score overall.
Kenny Perry and Sean O'Hair were two strokes back on the Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort's Tiburon Golf Club.
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Fraser had a 6-under 138 total. Fellow Australians Brendan Jones and John Senden were tied for second. Jones had a 71, and Senden, the first-round leader, shot a 73.
Englishman Justin Rose was in a group tied for fifth at 3 under after a 73, and Australian star Adam Scott was five stroke back after a 71. Tom Watson, playing the event for the first time since winning in 1984, followed his opening 78 with a 68 to make the cut with a stroke to spare.
CHON BURI, Thailand (AP) - South Africa's Charl Schwartzel shot his second straight 7-under 65 to increase his lead to four strokes in the Asian Tour's Thailand Golf Championship.
Sweden's Daniel Chopra was second after a 67, and Japan's Masanori Kobayashi was another stroke back, also after a 67 at Amata Spring. Masters champion Bubba Watson was 6 under after a 70, and defending champion Lee Westwood was 5 under after a 69.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - China's Shanshan Feng shot a 5-under 67 to take a five-stroke lead into the final round of the Ladies European Tour's Dubai Ladies Masters.
Feng, the LPGA Championship winner in June, birdied the final three holes at Emirates Golf Club for a tournament-record 18-under 198 total. The Netherlands' Dewi Claire Schreefel was second after a course-record 63.
Lexi Thompson, the American who won the tournament last year at age 16, was 7 under after a 72. Michelle Wie was 3 under after a 70.
DURBAN, South Africa (AP) - The start of the European Tour's season-opening Nelson Mandela Championship was washed out for the second straight day after heavy rain left most of the course under water.
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Iron Qon has started to become a "wall" for our raid. I don't know if it's the mechanics of the fight or if people are just not playing their classes correctly. I am trying to help people as much as possible so I started a World of Logs for us to see if anyone is making any huge mistakes. Problem is I don't play most of those classes so could you guys take a look at the WoL and let me know if you see anything drastically wrong?
On Iron Qon we start with the melee group taking 5 stacks, then the ranged taking 5, then the melee taking 3 and spreading. It seemed like a lot of damage was going out but our healers were getting through it. The second dog is what really hurts us. It's rare that everyone makes it through the wind storm. We did have 1 pull where everything went well and it possibly could have lead to a kill but the boss reset as soon as we killed the 2nd dog. It was heartbreaking.
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Two dozen states have been hit by a powerful winter storm. In some areas, visibility was near zero, and every snowplow has been working around the clock. NBC's Janet Shamlian reports.
Winter came out swinging Tuesday as the second storm of the week pummeled the nation's midsection and the East Coast hunkered down for an overnight onslaught of snow and ice.
All told, more than 115 million people in 32 states were in the path of a storm that threatened to cut power, ground flights and snarl traffic — again. Governors in states from Arkansas to New Jersey declared emergencies.
"It's another one of these significant snow storms, covering a large swath of the country," said Kevin Roth of The Weather Channel, who added that a long arm of the Northeast — from central New York into New Hampshire and northern Massachusetts — could be pounded by more than 12 inches of snow.
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The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning for New York City beginning overnight and running until 6 p.m. Wednesday. Utility company Con Edison warned residents that a combination of snow and freezing rain could trigger power failures across the city. Meanwhile, another storm warning was out for the northern counties of New Jersey.
The storm smashed through the Plains on Tuesday, hitting Kansas and Oklahoma with snow that forecasters said could stack up to as much as a foot before moving north to drop 5 to 8 inches on Chicago, Cleveland, Indianapolis and Detroit, Roth said.
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The chill that has descended across the nation isn't going away any time soon. NBC's Al Roker reports.
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At least one person was dead in Des Moines, Iowa, in a collision on a slippery road, police said. A truck lost control Tuesday morning, skidded across the median and into incoming traffic. It was hit by a Chevrolet Cavalier, whose driver was pronounced dead at the scene, police told NBC station WHO.
In Kansas — where as much as a foot of snow was expected to blanket the streets — lawmakers postponed legislative duties and state departments told employees to stay home for the day, according to the AP. Meanwhile, classes were nixed throughout the state.
As they braced for another round of wicked weather, many people on the East Coast were still reeling from Monday's dump of snow and ice.
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Meanwhile, in New York, a 73-year-old man was struck and killed by a snowplow that was backing up on a Brooklyn street, police told NBC New York.
A 10-year-old girl also was recovering at home Tuesday after she was impaled in the back Monday by a metal rod while sledding in Jarrettsville, Md., north of Baltimore, NBC station WBAL reported.
A third storm is also likely to form over the weekend, said Guy Walton, a forecaster with The Weather Channel, although it's too early to tell the storm's orientation or path.
Millions in the U.S. have already suffered from an unforgiving winter, especially through the month of January. And last week, Southern states like Georgia and Alabama were caught flatfooted by just a few inches of snow — leaving motorists and schoolchildren unable to get home.
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Why app-based misconduct reporting solutions work better than traditional landline hotlines
The last three years have seen a surge in the number of well-known companies being fined heavy penalties for failing to act on reports of misconduct within their organisation. Even for corporations that have FCPA-approved compliance programmes or have engaged the 'big four' for their auditing and accounting services, the task of closely monitoring illicit conduct in their organisations appears to be a huge hurdle as fines continue to double in amount year on year.
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This group will offer a guided meditation practice and sharing and discussion around a topic related to our daily lives and recovery. Heavy Metta PDX is weekly Insight & Zen flavored meditation group offering practices & teachings in Mindfulness, Metta (Loving-Kindness) & Compassion.
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I'm having trouble taking photos of Daniel anymore, because he grabs for the camera, so they all turn out like these:
Linked up at Wordless Wednesday at Hobo Mama and Natural Parents Network.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Mostly Wordless Wednesday: Helping
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Labels: Daniel, things I love, wordless wednesday
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Ha! When I try to take a photo of him, our son will come up to me and peer over my shoulder to look at himself on the screen, not understanding that he can't see himself in the camera unless he's in front of the camera.ReplyDelete
oh, we have LOTS of these, too. super cute, but my downfall is not cleaning the lens after the not-so-subtle hint to put down the camera. many smudged heads have resulted. :)ReplyDelete
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Ha ha! I totally hear you. Cameras are just so tempting and shiny… I think we're all raccoons at heart. At least he's happy about the pictures!ReplyDelete
- MominlawJanuary 21, 2011 at 9:15 AM
He's perfect, no matter how fuzzy!ReplyDelete
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This past year was a great one for documentaries, and one of our favorites--and most controversial--of 2010 is now available to the millions of people who missed the boat. But if you're not in the mood for a thoughtful look at how social media is changing the nature of our relationships, maybe you'd rather watch an angry illegal alien out for vengeance.
"Case 39"
Rene Zellweger stars as a social worker who foolishly brings home one of her charges, who was nearly roasted alive by her parents. After the kid starts displaying behavior suggesting that maybe her family was on to something, Zellweger takes the girl to see a shrink, played by Bradley Cooper. This began filming in 2006, was originally slated for a 2008 release and finally came out in 2010--how good would you guess it is? We haven't seen it, be we have an idea. Now available on Blu-ray and DVD, watch the trailer
PICK OF THE WEEK: "Catfish"
A white-knuckle thriller/mystery documentary about an online romance and what happens when the guy goes road-tripping with two buddies to meet the girl. Ignore the controversy over how "real" it is and just watch the damn thing--it's awesome. Unless, of course, you know how it ends, then it's probably not worth your time. Now available on Blu-ray and DVD, read our review and watch the trailer
"Dinner for Schmucks"
Steve Carell and Paul Rudd star in this remake of the French comedy "Le Dîner de Cons" ("The Dinner Game"), in which a social climber brings the biggest buffoon he can find to a monthly dinner hosted by his boss in the hopes of proving himself worthy of a promotion. Better than you think, though not great. Features the best use of taxidermied mice in 2010. Now available on Blu-ray and DVD, read our review and watch the trailer
James Franco stars as Beat poet Allen Ginsberg in this recounting of the obscenity trial sparked by his most famous poem. Now available on Blu-ray and DVD, watch the trailer
After dozens of films as a second banana, Danny Trejo takes the title role in this insanely bloody and surprisingly funny grind house homage from writer-director Robert Rodriguez, about a former Mexican federale set up to take the fall for the shooting of a state senator. Now available on Blu-ray and DVD, read our review and watch the trailer
"The Last Exorcism"
A faux documentary about a disillusioned evangelical priest who spends years performing "exorcisms." In an effort to debunk his own church, he brings along a film crew to his "Last Exorcism," but this one is different--IT'S REAL!!! Now available on Blu-ray and DVD, watch the trailer
"The Yellow Handkerchief"
William Hurt is an ex-con who catches a ride with a pair of teens, Kristen Strewed and Eddie Redmayne, in an effort to be reunited with his wife, played by Maria Bello, who lives across post-Katrina Louisiana. Based on a short story by New York City legend Pete Hamill. Now available on Blu-ray and DVD, watch the trailer
"El Mariachi"/"Desperado" (Two-Pack) and "Once Upon a Time in Mexico"
It's a banner day for Robert Rodriguez fans who also happen to be shut-ins. In addition to "Machete," they're releasing the writer-director's "Mariachi" trilogy. The first two helped make stars of Selma Hayek and Antonio Banderas, the third starred Johnny Depp as an eyeless gunslinger. Now available on Blu-ray and DVD
"Blade Runner: The Final Cut"
This movie, inspired by Philip K. Dick's "Do Android Dream of Electric Sheep," stars Harrison Ford--back when he was still awesome-as a cop in the future who must hunt down a band of "replicants" trying to pass as humans. This movie has been released in more versions than any sane man cares to count, but it's a great film regardless, and among the most influential of its day. Now available on Blu-ray, watch the trailer
"L.A. Confidential"
Were it not for the final few minutes, this would be regarded as a pantheon-level neo-noir classic. Instead, it's just a really good movie with a garbage ending. Features Russell Crowe at his best and a great turn by Guy Pearce. Now available on Blu-ray, watch the trailer


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LBSIM PGDM Executive Admissions 2013
LBSIM PGDM Executive Admissions 2013
Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management-LBSIM at Delhi invites application to its 15 months executive postgraduate diploma in management
Eligibility : Three years bachelor's degree in any discipline with at least 50 percent with minimum five years of work experience. Company sponsored candidates will be preferred.
Candidates with CAT/GMAT 2012 score or those who have appeared for the LBSIM test can apply
Application available at the institute's admissions office or can also be downloaded from the institutes website and submitted with a demand draft in favour of LBSIM payable at Delhi.
Last date to apply : April 20,2013
For more information visit : http://lbsim.ac.in/


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I would like to keep two PostgreSQL databases with the same schema, but have one replicated from a master that only keeps a small portion of the live data.
Basically the master takes in live data and deletes old data outside of the time window, while the replicated slave should keep all the historical data (at least up to the limits of the disk). So in essence, the slave should replicate the master except its deletes.
Is this possible with any "off-the-shelf" PostgreSQL replication method?


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Nokia has signed a deal with Vivendi to distribute the latter's games through their Download! client on the S60 platform, including the eponymous Leisure Suit Larry.
The deal initially covers games only, which have been made immediately available through the Download! client, but will later expand to wallpapers and ringtones - The Ballad of Freddy Pharkas perhaps.
The deal puts Vivendi games alongside EA Mobile, Gameloft, Glu and THQ on the Nokia menu, so the announcement isn't entirely unprecedented. But it does demonstrate how seriously Nokia are taking their chosen role as content distributor rather than homely old handset manufacturer.
But while the games section of Download! is filling up, the N-Gage application which came with the latest firmware update on the N95 is still strangely empty - there's only a place-holder informing the curious that the N-Gage application will be available real soon now. ®


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Kombatan was developed by Grandmaster Ernesto Amador Presas, Sr. of the Island of Negros Occidental and a province near the fishing village Hinigaran in the Visayas. Kombatan is a composite of various classical and modern fighting systems used in the Philippines. An emphasis is placed on drills to train the student to react instinctively.
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Confirmed working now for me with BW 7. Thanks BW team!
Confirmed working now for me with BW 7. Thanks BW team!
Worked like a charm! Thanks BW team!
Great work, and thanks for making this available.
thanks for the heads up...i use bw7 and have been for some time. M&M has not been available to me that I know of.
i am thinking of updateing to bw8, can you outline the cost?
-- Richard
"Contend earnestly for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints." Jude 3 (ESV)
On 11/17/2007 I ordered and paid for Moulton and Milligan's Vocabulary of the New Testament. It was order number 9526, and I paid $24.99 for this module. I have the receipt for proof. I have never received the refund you promised. In fact I didn't know until this morning that this was happening. I would appreciate it if you would send the refund
Howard Flynn
The refund was only for those who had purchased it in the previous ~60 days (2009 CY).
I missed out too. I ordered it ~45 days before the cutoff when I ordered the BW8 upgrade. But the cutoff had to be somewhere. And I ordered it to use it. I did use quite a bit before the anouncement.
Hi Howard,
If you have further questions concerning this, you can contact Customer Service.
Glenn Weaver
Hi, I just purchased BW8 and did the updates.....when I look for VGNT I can't find it anywhere....is there something else I need to do? ( I have the DVD version)
Assuming you are using BibleWorks 8, you can access the VGNT by selecting Resources on the main menu, then selecting Greek/Hebrew Lexicons. In the Lexicon Browser Window, select Lexicons, then select VGNT from the list. If the VGNT is not there, perhaps you did not install it when you installed BibleWorks. If you are not able to VGNT after modifying your installation, I suggest contacting Customer Service for help.
Glenn Weaver